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Reducing red tape for business and tackling the funding gap for higher education are among the items on the wishlist of ordinary South Africans ahead of Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana's 2025 Budget Speech, this afternoon. Michael Mokwena, a small business owner in Garankuwa, north of Pretoria, told SAnews he hopes the government will make it

The expulsion of Pretoria's ambassador to Washington has added urgency to calls for South Africa to salvage its relationship with the United States in a balance between national pride and vital investment. US President Donald Trump's decision this month to send Ebrahim Rasool packing was the lowest point in ties that have been souring over

The clock is ticking for spaza shop owners and food businesses to register with their municipalities or face legal repercussions. The deadline for registration is 28 February 2025. ???? Why shop owners must register now In November 2024, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that spaza shop owners and food businesses had 21 days to register their

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South Africa generates most of its electricity through coal - Copyright Intuitive Machines, LLC/AFP HANDOUT The United States has pulled out of a climate funding deal struck by rich nations to help their developing counterparts transition to clean energy, the programme’s first beneficiary South Africa and Indonesia said Thursday. The so-called Just Energy Transition Partnerships

Do you believe that a Nigerian crypto platform can rival Binance? Meet the 25-year-old with a mission bigger than himself: “to prove that African innovators can build at a global level and create systems that change lives.” Moore Dagogo-Hart is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Zap Africa...

South Africa's power utility Eskom has announced controlled outages, cutting 3,000 megawatts of electricity from the grid due to what it called a 'temporary setback.' The measure, known as load shedding, follows similar cuts in January after nearly 10 months of uninterrupted power. Eskom said it would provide an update on Sunday but didn’t specify

Last year, a report by the United States Institute Of Peace (USIP) emphasized the importance of the United States government engaging in the African critical minerals sector if it is to diminish its dependence on China and fortify its national security and foreign policy interests. The report outlines practical steps that the United States can